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Department of Mathematics, Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria +234(0)7068886812,
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Department of Mathematics, Adamawa State Polytechnic Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria. +234(0)8032096318
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ABSTRACT:A non-linear parabolic partial differential equation is investigated in a closed, bounded and continuous domain by converting
such an equation into an abstract Cauchy problem. Using some results established in Egwurube and Garba (2003), this operator is shown to
be m-accretive thus establishing that this partial differential equation has a solution by the fundamental results of Browder (1967) on the
theory of accretive operators.
u (0) u 0
operator on X. In terms of the concept of contractions, an du
1 Au 0, (5)
operator A is said to be accretive if R( I rA) is a dt
contraction for r 0 that is if
defined on a Banach space X C[0,1] assuming that u xx
x1 rAx1 ( x2 rAx2 ) x1 x2 . (2)
is continuous, strictly increasing, u xx (0) 0,
If X is a Hilbert space, the accretive condition (2) u xx ( R) R and consequently A is m-accretive.
reduces to
Preposition:
Re Ax1 Ax2 , x1 x2 0 for all x1 , x2 X (3) Let X C ([0,1]), D( A) {u C[0,1] : u , u ' , u" are
continuous and u (0) u (1) 0 } and
Theorem [5] A(u ) {v C[0,1] : ( v) u"}, for u D( A);
Let X be a real Banach space and let
A : D( A) X X be an m-accretive operator such where v ut , then A is m-accretive.
1 1
u ( A n I ) x1 , v ( A n I ) x2 Proof:
Where u, v X ; x1 , x2 D( A); n R We shall first show that the operator A is accretive. Since
: R R , is continuous, non-decreasing with
1
Then operator ( A n I ) : X D( A) is continuous (0) 0, we define the associated operator A as a single-
and bounded. Let reproduce the proof in [5], for valued function. Suppose u1 , u 2 D( A), and
completion purposes
v1 Au1 , v2 Au 2
Proof:
Given u, v X ; x1 , x2 D( A); n R as defined Let u1 u 2 then
above we have u1 u 2
max u1 ( x) u 2 ( x) u1 ( x0 ) u 2 ( x0 )
1 0 x 1
1 1
( A n I ) x1 ( A n I ) x 2 , j x1 x 2
2
for
n Since u1 u 2 0 at x 0 and x 1 0 x0 1
j J ( x1 x2 ) Case 1: